UCI Health–Orange is UCI Health’s flagship location, rated among the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers for high-quality care and among the best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. It is home to Orange County’s only level 1 adult and level 2 pediatric trauma center, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, and regional burn center. The medical center’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only 57 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers based in Orange County. It was the county’s first hospital to receive Magnet recognition for nursing excellence and is among an elite group of institutions worldwide designated five times. The University of California Regents purchased Orange County Medical Center and renamed it UCI Medical Center in 1976, and the medical center has since been renamed UCI Health–Orange and become the region’s leading provider of tertiary and quaternary care. UCI Health’s comprehensive stroke and cerebrovascular center was the first stroke center in the county certified by The Joint Commission, and its cardiology services program includes the first heart failure program in Southern California to earn the Joint Commission’s “Gold Seal of Approval.” UCI Health’s stem cell transplant and cellular therapy services program is the first and only adult hematopoietic stem cell and bone marrow transplant program in Orange County, and its outpatient care network ranks among the top five ambulatory systems nationwide.
